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G X WENDLING SEPARABLE "COMPARTMENT CONTAINER Filed Feb. 1'7

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Patented Dec. l 1923.

UNTTEE STATE GEORGE X. WENDLING, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

SEPARABLE-GOMPARTMENT CONTAINER.

Application filed February 17, 1923. Serial 1V0. 619,602.

, To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonon XWVENDLING, a citizen of the United States,residing at city and county of San Francisco, and State of California,have invented certain. new and useful Improvements inseparable-Compartment Containers,of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a typeof receptacle provided with compartmentsand which for shipping purposes is capable of transporting as a singleunit, but when the contents thereof is sold, is capable of dividing intoa plurality of closed containers. The

container is particularly adapted for use in the marketing of cherries,grapes, tomatoes, or in fact, any commodity the shipper desires tomarket cheaply and without damage to the same occasioned by the openingof the container when it is desired to seal a portion of the quantity ofthe entire unit. complished without opening the. orlg'ina package or inany manner disturbing the contents thereof but by simply cutting thewalls enabling the separation of the compartments into separateindependent packa es.

With the above mentioned and other objects in View, the inventionconsists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafterdescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and set forth inthe claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes inthe form, proportion, size and minor details of construction within thescope of the claims may be resorted to without departing from the spiritor sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

To more fully comprehend the invention, reference is directed to thedrawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the container having duplicate bracesto which the overlapping wall forming flaps are secured, affording anend wall for the separated units when the same are detached.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but illustrating the flap edgesoverlapping in superimposed relation.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

In the embodiment of my invention illustrated, the numeral 1 indicatespreferably The object of 'my invention is aca strip of veneer, the endsof which are united together so that said strip forms a rectangular openframe structure as illustrated. The end walls 2 and 8 of this framestructure are united in their center by the longitudinally separablebrace 4. This brace is preferably constructed of two pieces of materialcontacting on their meeting surface 5-and each piece extending the fullwidth between the top and bottom edges of the walls 2 and 3. The piecesare secured at their ends to the respective walls by nails, tacks, orother securing means 6.

Secured in any manner to the inner faces of opposing side walls 7 of theframe are the sheets 8 of a width co-extensive with the length of theside wall, and of a length slightly greater than twice the width of theframe, plus the depth of the side wall. These respective sheets aresecured in position by any suitable means as for example, an adhesive,and at points adjacent the longi- 1 .tudinal edges of the side walls 7The sheets are bent as at 9 forming closure flaps 10 and 11, these flapseach being of a length slightly greater than one-half the width of thecompleted carton or receptacle, so that when folded down in contact withthe upper edge of the dividing brace l, their free ends will overlap asat 11 in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawing. After being folded down andoverlapped to retain the contents of the re ceptacle therein the edgesof the flaps are secured to the respective braces t by nails or othersecuring means 12 driven therethrough, the means 12 being arranged inparallel rows as in the drawing.

In Fig. 1, the free edges of the members 10 and 11 do not overlap insuperimposed relation but the same are scalloped or cut to overlap theupper surface of the brace a in interlocking relation providing a smoothsurface without a center ridge for the receptacle. In this constructionthe nails for securing each flap to each separable portion of the brace,are employed. To afiord a handle for carrying the container or theindividual separated parts, I have provided in the flaps 10 and 11parallel finger receiving slots 14 separated by a grip portion 15.

When it is desired to divide a container of this present type, it isonly necessary to cut through the closure flaps and end walls 2 and 3 ata point in alignment with the meeting surfaces 5 of the members l. Thisperunits of the separating of the contai e to 7 two parts without in anymanner disturbing the eonten'ts'of' either comparti'nen't. It Will beobserve'd that each portion of the longitudinally separable braceaffords a Wall for each compartment-When"the original package isdivided. It will be also observed that the brace aflords a strengtheningmeans centrally of the package, enabling the same if desired to beconstructed o'f extremely light Weight material thus affording amaterial saving in'the construction of the package and reducing itsWeight'and therebyaffording a saving in transportation cost.

' I claim:

1. A shipping container comprising connected side'and end wallsforming'a rectangular all structure, complementary top and 7 bottomclosure forming membershinged' at corresponding edge's'qf said sidevvalls to enable complementary members to fold tovvai'd each'other, andthe front edges tdoverlap', a longitudinallyseparable brace Within saidrectangular structure dividing the same into separate compartments, oneface 'of'each f Whichis closed byone ofsa'idpoinplementary members, andmeans "for securing the'overlappin'g edges of said corresponding top andbottom closure inemfbers to each sep- 'arate portion of the brace andthestriic't'ure end'walls to the ends of theres'pective separableportion of the brace \vher'ebyon the .cutting'of the overlappingportions of the closure forming members and the end 'Wa'lls,

' said container is"' c'a p ble of dividing'into two closedcompartments;

'2. A container fincluding'connected side and see a ede e f pe i ee andend" "Walls 'fada "War-(leach Qth form a substantially rectangularframe, top and bottonffwall forming flaps hinged at one edge withtheir'free edges free to fold toward each other'in overlapping relation,a pair of'adjacent -parallel parts extending across th e interior of theframe and secured at their opp osit e ends to opposing Wall meinhers,said overlapping edges of said flaps each adapted for securing tocorresponding edges of each part, whereby onthe severing of said flapsand end '.walls at a point be tween their points of attachment to therespective parts, said container is capable of g in'overlappin'grelation, one of [said ,fiapspirovided with parallel separated out"portions afiording between them a hand' 'grlpping' portion providing ahandle, a pairof adj'acefntparallel parts extending across theinteriorof the frame and secured at their opposite ends to'op'posingwall'members, said overlpping edges of said flaps each adapted for securing''to corresponding edges ofe'ach pa t, viihereby'on the' severing I ofaid flaps and'endwallsat a point heween their points of attachment tothe respective parts said container is eapablefof dividing intotvvoclose'df "arts,

r In testimony whereof- GEORGE X. WENDLING.

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